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12 Jul 2004, 06:39

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Many psychologists and sociologists now contend that the deliberate and even brutal aggression integral to some forms of competitive athletics increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts among crowds of spectators dominated by young adult males.
(A) increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts
(B) increase the likelihood that there will be an eruption of imitative violence
(C) increase the likelihood of imitative violence erupting
(D) increases the likelihood for imitative violence to erupt
(E) increases the likelihood that imitative violence will erupt

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12 Jul 2004, 06:45

I am going ahed with D.

It has to be 'increases' because of 'the deliberate and even brutal aggression '. A, B and C are ruled out.

E is too wordy.

corporate_monkey wrote:

Many psychologists and sociologists now contend that the deliberate and even brutal aggression integral to some forms of competitive athletics increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts among crowds of spectators dominated by young adult males.(A) increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts(B) increase the likelihood that there will be an eruption of imitative violence(C) increase the likelihood of imitative violence erupting(D) increases the likelihood for imitative violence to erupt(E) increases the likelihood that imitative violence will erupt

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12 Jul 2004, 06:46

corporate_monkey wrote:

Many psychologists and sociologists now contend that the deliberate and even brutal aggression integral to some forms of competitive athletics increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts among crowds of spectators dominated by young adult males.

(A) increase the likelihood of imitative violence that erupts(B) increase the likelihood that there will be an eruption of imitative violence(C) increase the likelihood of imitative violence erupting(D) increases the likelihood for imitative violence to erupt(E) increases the likelihood that imitative violence will erupt

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12 Jul 2004, 08:27

I will go with E.
A, B , C fail due to subject verb agreement.
D sounded unidiomatic to me..on further thought I realized that it is unidiomatic because likelihood for should be followed by one entity ( a noun) rather than " imitative violence to erupt". We know from common english usage that it can be something like "likelihood for violence eruption" . Infact more correct usage should be " likelihood of"